I don't know the answer, but this does make me think of atomic sieves like the ones used in oxygen concentrators.
This is an armchair scientist explanation of them, but they "concentrate" oxygen by first having atmospheric air pumped in and then pressurized. The microsieves have holes so small that mostly only oxygen can fit through, the larger CO2 and Nitrogen atoms simply won't fit.
Then, pressure is let off and fresh air brought in. The fresh air scrubs out the oxygen depleted air and refreshes it with standard air.
Then, the pressure decrease allows the oxygen to leak back out of the sieves, leaving you with oxygen enriched air.
I don't know if there are any atomic helium sieves, but if you can find one it might be a start to testing the question.
I don't know the answer, but this does make me think of atomic sieves like the ones used in oxygen concentrators.
This is an armchair scientist explanation of them, but they "concentrate" oxygen by first having atmospheric air pumped in and then pressurized. The microsieves have holes so small that mostly only oxygen can fit through, the larger CO2 and Nitrogen atoms simply won't fit.
Then, pressure is let off and fresh air brought in. The fresh air scrubs out the oxygen depleted air and refreshes it with standard air.
Then, the pressure decrease allows the oxygen to leak back out of the sieves, leaving you with oxygen enriched air.
I don't know if there are any atomic helium sieves, but if you can find one it might be a start to testing the question.